Gregory's ServerWhen someone says that they just can't quit Twitter, what I hear is, "I am comfortable in a room full of nazis," and I will remember that about them.
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 @wendinoakland @fraying When a support group that meets in a bar realizes that the bar has turned into a Nazi bar, should they stay or go? The Nazis donโt bother them much. But itโs a Nazi bar. Should they try to meet somewhere else or no?  @drahardja @wendinoakland @fraying I believe the only sensible thing for that support group to do is lock the doors from the outside and burn it down. Death to all Nazis.  @wendinoakland I think that was a reasonable approach a year ago. Now? Way past time to find a new bar. @wendinoakland Yeah. It's a problem anywhere that's not consciously created to combat that tendency. I saw it happen on Bluesky, too. In truth, the era of "the one site with everyone in it" is over. We will create separate spaces online with some overlap, and that's okay. That's how humans have always done community. @wendinoakland @fraying I heard someone say Xitter is like Paris under Nazi occupation. I think some original small groups hold out in hope theyโll eventually piss off and things will go back as they are. @Emmacox @wendinoakland Really bad analogy! Parisians couldnโt just leave with a click of a button. Websites are not countries. @fraying And not even just being *comfortable* in the room with nazis, but comfortable with them having access to every fucking post and interaction they have on the platform. @jankhambrams Oh yeah, I should have said, "a room full of nazis, owned by a nazi, currently working to elect a nazi." @fraying It's just so much fucking worse than it appears on the surface. And the folks I know who haven't left, I'm very disappointed in. Losing touch with people sucks to do. Feeding a platform run by a guy who wants to destroy the very communities they don't want to leave sucks even more. Actually, Twitter isn't just a room full of nazis. It's a room full of nazis in a building owned by a nazi who is currently working to get a nazi dictator elected, where your participation helps the nazi cause. So, yeah. Gonna remember that.   @fraying so, you're tarring whom with a generic nazi brush? everyone on twitter? really. me? read your post again, and then delete it. @pavsmith read my post again and think about why youโre comfortable in a room full of nazis   Fun fact, people who don't understand English see about as many nazis on Twitter as anywhere else, i.e., small groups which are easily blocked. |
@fraying Absolutely yes, but itโs possible some existing subgroups are still holding it together there. I donโt support anything on or about xitter, but a thin structure of known contacts can be a kind of safe haven, even in a war zone. Or is my reply bullshit?